Karnataka High Court quashes FIR against drone development company, cautions police against not giving FIRs to accused

The Karnataka High Court has cautioned that constabulary officers who neglect to springiness a transcript of the First Information Report (FIR) to accused and different persons acrophobic successful a transgression lawsuit would beryllium amenable for departmental enquiry for dereliction of duty.

“The instrumentality declared by the apex tribunal unequivocally mandates that an accused is entitled to get a transcript of the FIR without undue delay. Mere assertion that the FIR is uploaded online cannot beryllium a substitute for compliance with the obligation. The denial of indispensable particulars concerning the FIR renders the rights to entree illusory and undermines the precise intent of transparency envisaged by the court,” the tribunal observed.